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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Integrated transcriptomic and immune analysis reveals distinct mitochondrial and immune signature in COVID-19 ARDS requiring invasive mechanical ventilation.

Deepa B Gotur, Diksha M Gowda, Decha Pinkaew, Aijun Zhang, Spencer Hankins, Shaefali Rodgers, Yitian Xu, Mohi U Syed, Tejaswini Reddy, Hong Zhao and 4 more

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Deepa B GoturDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Diksha M GowdaCharles W. Duncan Jr. Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States.
Decha PinkaewDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Aijun ZhangCharles W. Duncan Jr. Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States.
Spencer HankinsCharles W. Duncan Jr. Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States.
Shaefali RodgersCharles W. Duncan Jr. Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States.
Yitian XuImmunomonitoring Core, Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Mohi U SyedDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Tejaswini ReddyCenter for Inflammation and Infectious Disease, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States.
Hong ZhaoDepartment of Systems Medicine and Bioengineering, Houston Methodist Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Junjun ZhengImmunomonitoring Core, Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Rodney J FolzDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Eleftherios MylonakisCharles W. Duncan Jr. Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States.
Dale J HamiltonCharles W. Duncan Jr. Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States.

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Abstract

Introduction: Severe COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) often progresses to respiratory failure requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Although several biomarkers (e.g., CRP, suPAR, Ang-2) have been explored to predict COVID-19 disease severity, validated early-presentation biomarkers that specifically prognosticate the need for IMV and mechanistic pathways in ARDS remain limited. Research question: What transcriptomic and immune signatures distinguish IMV from non-IMV in patients with COVID-19 ARDS, and how do these molecular changes contribute to disease severity? Methods: Patients ( Results: Clinically, IMV patients had significantly longer hospital (43.0 vs. 19.5 days, Conclusion: Patients requiring IMV demonstrated distinct transcriptomic and immune profiles associated with severe COVID-19. These findings identify candidate biomarkers and pathways associated with disease severity; however, the results are exploratory and require validation in larger cohorts and functional studies.

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ARDSbiomarkersCOVID-19cytokineimmune exhaustionmechanical ventilationmitochondrial dysfunctionventilation

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PMID42487974
PMCPMC13388564

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